Attraction of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) Flies to Odor of Bacteria: Apparent Confinement to Specialized Members of Enterobacteriaceae

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 853-857

  Lauzon, C R ^a,b   Sjogren, R E ^a,c   Wright, S E ^a   Prokopy, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; Microorganisms; Symbiosis; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GALLUS GALLUS; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONADALES; RHAGOLETIS POMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0000830849     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.4.853     Document Type: Article

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